Adam Beer – CV

Starting out in Teletubbieland in 2000, I now have over 20 years experience producing storyboards for animation, games, commercials and music promos. In 2019 I completed an MA in Children’s Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University and now have a deal with Simon & Schuster publishers for three picture books.

2023

PICTUREBOOK – SIMON & SCHUSTER PUBLISHING
Illustrations for a picturebook, written by Anna Kemp. Due to be published September 2024.

ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY, ASSOCIATE LECTURER
Talk and crits for students on the BA Illustration & MA Children’s Illustration courses at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

COMMERCIAL STORYBOARD CLIENTS INCLUDED:
Distillery, Disney Store, Chrome, Nexus, Riff Raff, Partizan, Pablo and others. Producing storyboards and visuals for Chromebook, Nickelodeon, Fuji, Land Rover, Honda & Orange.

2022

JONAS & CO./NICK JR.
Storyboards for ‘Face’s Music Party’ series one. Animated music videos and live action hosted by the Nick Jr. mascot ‘Face’.

ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY, ASSOCIATE LECTURER
Talks and crits for students on the BA Illustration & MA Children’s Illustration courses at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

UWE BRISTOL MA/BA ANIMATION
Storyboard tutorials for students on the BA & MA Animation courses at University of the West of England, Bristol.

OTHER STORYBOARD CLIENTS INCLUDED:
Leo Burnett, Nexus Studios, Feref, Epic Games and others.

2021

‘SOLO’ PICTUREBOOK – SIMON & SCHUSTER PUBLISHING
My first picturebook as writer & illustrator. Published June 2022.

BLINK INDUSTRIES/CHANNEL 4 (January – April)
Storyboards for ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’. Directed by Joseph Pelling, Becky Sloan and Baker Terry.

JONAS & CO./NICK JR.
Storyboards for ‘Face’s Music Party’. 14 episodes of animated music videos and live action hosted by Nick Jr. mascot ‘Face’

TEACHING, TALKS & CRITS
Storyboard crits for students on the BA Animation course at University of the West of England, talks for the BA Illustration at the University of Gloucestershire and schools in UK & Canada.

OTHER STORYBOARD CLIENTS INCLUDED:
ITV, Monkey Puzzle and Nexus Studios.

2020

‘MAMMOTH’ PICTUREBOOK – SIMON & SCHUSTER PUBLISHING
Illustrations for ‘Mammoth’ picturebook, written by Anna Kemp. Published June 2021.

THE HOUSE (April – June)
Storyboard Supervisor for Netflix/Nexus Studios stop motion film. Directed by Emma de Swaef and Marc James Roel.

OTHER STORYBOARD CLIENTS INCLUDED:
Burberry, Disney, Feref, Nexus, Twelfth Man & Craft Films. Producing storyboards and visuals for Hewlett Packard, Playstation, Argos, Mattel & others.

2019

MA CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATION Graduated with Distinction from Anglia Ruskin University.

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATION SUMMER SCHOOL, Anglia Ruskin University
Graduate Lecturer on the week long summer school in Cambridge.

ACUTE ART – Virtual Reality Fine Art Projects
Storyboards for Virtual reality exhibits by Mark Leckey for Tate Britain and Cao Fei for The Serpentine Gallery.

OTHER STORYBOARD CLIENTS INCLUDED:
Third Floor, The Mill, Disney, Nexus Studios, Feref, Snook, Ichi, Black Sheep Studios & Hub TV. Producing storyboards and visuals for Samsung, Airbnb, Tesco, Smyths Toys, Football Manager 2020, Star Wars & Frozen 2 merchandise.

2018

THE DARK CRYSTAL: THE AGE OF RESISTANCE (January – August)
Storyboards for Netflix TV series (10×1 hour). Directed by Louis Leterrier.

OTHER CLIENTS INCLUDED:
Nexus, Feref, Gas & Electric, Engine Service Design and Nickelodeon.

2017

THE DARK CRYSTAL: THE AGE OF RESISTANCE (September – December)
Storyboards for Netflix TV series (10×1 hour).

HEADSPACE (March – August)
Storyboards for animated short films and online content.
Produced by Nexus Studios.

OTHER CLIENTS INCLUDED:
Prophet, Casual Films, Big Animal, Imagination, and Engine Service Design.
Producing storyboards and visuals for BMW, Premier Inn, National Rail and Hewlett Packard.

2016

WATERSHIP DOWN (March – November)
Storyboards for animated TV specials for Netflix & BBC (4×1 hour).
Produced by 42/Biscuit Films.

DISNEYMEDIA+
Commercial storyboards for Tescos, Sainsburys, Specsavers, Argos and Danone.

ENGINE SERVICE DESIGN
Storyboards and visuals for Emirates Airlines, Microsoft Surface,
Sainsburys and BBC Weather.

OTHER CLIENTS INCLUDED:
Prophet, Posterhouse, Big Animal, Another Word, Blue Zoo and Lunar Animation.
Producing storyboards and visuals for Global Fund, DHL, Hyundai, Clarks and Hewlett Packard.

2015

ITV
Storyboards for Mr. Selfridge, Jekyll & Hyde & 2015 Rugby World Cup titles.

DISNEYMEDIA+
Commercial storyboards for Asda, BHS, Clarks, Specsavers, The Entertainer, Danone, Lego, O2 & Transformers.

ENGINE SERVICE DESIGN
Storyboards and visuals for Emirates Airlines, Dubai Airport, Sainsburys,
Finnair, Helsinki Airport, Zurich Insurance & Nordea Bank.

IN THE FUTURE, THEY ATE FROM THE FINEST PORCELAIN
Storyboards for short film, directed by Larissa Sansour.

OTHER CLIENTS INCLUDED:
Red Knuckles, Nexus Productions, MPC, Blue Zoo, Sony, Crazy George, The Mill, Pulse Films, Harriman Steel, Eleventh Hour Films, Heavenly & Heart Productions.
Producing storyboards and visuals for Technicolor, Slack, Cooperative Bank, Google, Visa, Victorinox and projects in development.

2014

LUPUS FILMS
Storyboards for the second series of ‘The Hive’, 3D animated pre-school show.

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE (February – April)
Storyboards and visuals for projects in development.

DISNEYMEDIA+
Commercial storyboards for Lego, Primark, The Entertainer, Tesco & Princess Academy.

OTHER CLIENTS INCLUDED:
Darrall Macqueen, Fulwell 73, MPC,  Disney XD, Blue Zoo, The Mill, Rogue Films, Engine Service Design, Nexus Productions, Ichi and Harriman Steel. Producing storyboards and visuals for Mr. Selfridge, Dubai Airports, Victorinox, BT, Campari, Beats, PNC Bank, Heineken, Samsung and projects in development. Producing storyboards and visuals for Mr. Selfridge, Dubai Airports, Victorinox, BT, Campari, Beats, PNC Bank, Heineken, Samsung and projects in development.

2013

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE (February 2012 – August 2013)
Storyboards and visuals for ‘Wonderbook – Book of Spells’ and projects in development.

DISNEYMEDIA+
Commercial storyboards for Samsung Galaxy 3, LeapPad & Lego Marvel Superheroes.

FRIEND
Commercial storyboard for the Sunday Times Food Ultimate Cookbook.

OTHER CLIENTS INCLUDED:
Nickelodeon, Nexus Productions, New Brand Vision, Raw, Space 66, Splash, Ichi, Straker Films and Picture Production Company.
Producing storyboards and visuals for Argos, Hamleys, Heinz, L’Oreal, Audi, Tetley Tea & projects in development.

2012

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE (February 2012 – August 2013)
Storyboards and visuals for ‘Wonderbook – Book of Spells’ and projects in development.

NICKELODEON
Commercial storyboards for Weetabix, Zoobles and WOWee.

IMAGINATION
Storyboards for Ford, Rolls Royce & Shell Eco-Marathon.

OTHER CLIENTS INCLUDED:
Passion Pictures, Nexus Productions,  AS&K Skylight, Imagination and Uber.
Producing storyboards and visuals for, Star Alliance, Hotels.com, Electric Zebra, Eastman & Corning and Ford.

2011

NEXUS PRODUCTIONS
Netflix & Telstra commercials (Dir: Smith & Foulkes)& various pitches.

LUPUS FILMS
The Hive (3D animated series) – Storyboard Supervisor.

NICKELODEON Creative Services
Commercial storyboards for Weetos, Dora, Johnson & Johnson, Fisher Price, Power Rangers, Lego, Worlds Apart, Clarks, Skylanders, Nestle, Argos, Weetabix, Barilla and Asda.

CODEMASTERS (October – December)
F1 Race Stars – storyboarding gameplay.

CARTOON NETWORK
Xbox Kinect Star Wars/Disney storyboards.

AGILE FILMS
Nike M4 commercial (Dir: Mike Please).

OCTOBER FILMS
‘Back from the Dead’ Samurai storyboard.

OTHER CLIENTS INCLUDED:
Shine, Businesslink, Blue Zoo, The Logic Group, Creative Nuts, CBeebies,
New Brand Vision, AS&K Mercury, Brand New School, MTV, Unit 9, Uber and Remedica.
Producing storyboards and visuals for Ford, Reebok, DePuy, Tomy, Britain’s got Talent, JackpotJoy, MacDonalds and Costa Bingo.

2010

NEXUS PRODUCTIONS
Honda Jazz ‘This Unpredictable Life’ commercial (Dir: Smith & Foulkes)
Comcast commercials (x4) (Dir: Smith & Foulkes)
Tullys Coffee commercials (Dir: FX & Mat)
UKTV promos (x4) (Dir: Clemens Habicht)
Tassimo Coffee commercials (x4) (Dir: Tom & Mark)

SPLASH DAMAGE
Cut scene storyboards for ‘Brink’ computer game.

BLUE ZOO PRODUCTIONS
‘Kerwhizz – Series 2’ (7 episodes) 3D animated series for BBC/CBeebies .

AGILE FILMS
BBC ‘Wizard of Dogz’ promo storyboad (Dir. Liam O & Cassiano Prado).

CARTOON NETWORK
‘Save the Autumn’ promo storyboards & Innocent commercial storyboards.

LUPUS FILMS/PICTURE PRODUCTION COMPANY
Storyboard Supervisor for ‘The Hive’ (3D pre-school series).

OTHER CLIENTS INCLUDED:
RSA, Atticus Finch, Straker Films, Skive and Nickelodeon Creative Services. Producing storyboards and visuals for Calvin Klein, Tomy, Tomica, Gulliver’s Theme Park, Clarks & Barbie.

2009

NEXUS PRODUCTIONS
Sims III commercials (x2) (Dir: Smith & Foulkes)
Comcast commercials (x4) (Dir: Smith & Foulkes)
& pitch work for other directors.

BLUE ZOO
Storyboards for Nickelodeon’s ‘My Favourite Story’ (5 x 2D episodes)
‘Alphablocks’ storyboards (10 x 3D episodes)
‘Get Squiggling’ storyboards (4 x 12min live action/2D episodes)
Commercial storyboards for RedBee, Ice Age 3, Spongebob and Just Eat.

NICKELODEON CREATIVE SERVICES
Commercial storyboards for Petits Filous, Innocent, Muller, Job Island, Fisher Price, Boots Soltan, Lego, Wonder Pets, Super Soaker, Clarks, NERF, Battle Decks, Beast-Quest, Gulliver’s Theme Park, British Heart Foundation and Ubisoft.

F/X CHANNEL
Visuals for ‘True Blood’ billboard campaign.

LUPUS FILMS/PICTURE PRODUCTION COMPANY
‘The Hive’ (2 x 7 min episodes) 3D animated pre-school series.

CARTOON NETWORK
Commercial storyboards for Danbar ‘Flash & Dash’ and Hasbro ‘Super Hero Squad’.

OTHER CLIENTS INCLUDED: 
HSI, LBi, Superfad, Cherry Films, Analogfolk, Agile Films, Lone Twin, Eurosport, Atticus Finch, The Colaborators, Annix Animation, Molinare, Schokolade and Quiet Storm.
Producing storyboards and visuals for Universal Music, Playstation, Lexus, Seat, NFU Mutual, Nesquik, Clear Shampoo, Women’s Tennis Association, DAB Bank (DE) and Haribo.

2008

NEXUS PRODUCTIONS
Coca Cola ‘Avatar’ commercial (Dir: Smith & Foulkes)
Comcast commercials (x5) (Dir: Smith & Foulkes)
Nomis ‘Damn Boots’ commercial & Smirnoff pitch storyboard (Dir: Woof Wan Bau)
Coca Cola ‘Special Ingredient’ commercial storyboards & artwork (Dir: Tom & Mark Perrett)

BLUE ZOO
‘Kerwhizz’ (9 episodes) 3D animated series for BBC/CBeebies
‘QPootle5’ pilot storyboard (pre-school 3D animated series)
Commercial storyboards for Argos, Pearl & Dean, Shell, Clarks shoes and Nick Junior.

NICKELODEON CREATIVE SERVICES
Commercial storyboards for British Heart Foundation, Activision, Clarks shoes, Weetos, Scalextric, Lego, Duplo, Barbie and Leapfrog.

F/X CHANNEL
Trailer storyboards for Nip/Tuck, The Cell and The Listener.

PICTURE PRODUCTION COMPANY
‘The Hive’ pilot storyboard (pre-school 3D animated series).

OTHER CLIENTS INCLUDED: 
Rokkit, Axis Animation, Skive, Nuts, Rufus Leonard and Cherry Films. Producing storyboards and visuals for Animal Planet Channel, Mercedes, Warhammer MMORPG, British Army, Sugababes and the National Autistic Society.

2007

NEXUS PRODUCTIONS
Coca Cola ‘Beijing Olympics – Unity’ commercial (Dir: Smith & Foulkes)
SFR (France) commercial pitch (Dir: Smith & Foulkes)
Vodafone, Honda and AEG commercials (Dir: Smith & Foulkes)
‘Pushing Daisies’ title sequence (Dir: Carolina Melis)
BBC3 ident storyboard (Dir: Carolina Melis)
Autotrader commercial (Dir: Tom & Mark Perrett)
Five Movies ident (Dir: Tom & Mark Perrett)
SKY Italy commercial (Dir: Jim Le Fevre)
Orange commercial (Dir: RBG6)

NICKELODEON CREATIVE SERVICES
Commercial storyboards for Clarks shoes, Lego, Hot Wheels, Kidizoom and Transformers.

BLUE ZOO
‘Stitch-up Showdown’ (10 x 1min/10 x 30’ episodes) 3D animated series for Nickelodeon
Storyboards, character and prop design
‘Get Squiggling’ storyboards (15 x 12min live action/2D episodes)
Aquafresh commercial storyboards (x4)

OTHER CLIENTS INCLUDED: 
Momentum, BSKYB, NDF (DE), Cattleprods and Conchango. Producing storyboards and visuals for BMW, Intel, Jack Daniels, Walls, Nike, Martini Racing and Pruhealth.